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just now (484+ words) Prosecutors say ex-University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, who was arrested hours after he was fired on Wednesday, threatened to commit suicide in front of his mistress. Appearing at court on Friday, Moore, 39, was officially charged with felony home invasion, along with misdemeanor counts of stalking and breaking and entering, officials said. He was booked into Washtenaw County Jail after an alleged assault on Wednesday. The father-of-three allegedly broke into the home of his executive assistant, Paige Shiver, with whom he was having an affair. Prosecutors said the 32-year-old staffer had broken off their fling two days prior and reported it to the school's athletic department, which led to Moore's firing. Once inside her home in Pittsfield Township, the disgraced football coach grabbed sharp household objects like kitchen scissors and threatened to hurt himself in front of Shiver, prosecutors…...

just now (273+ words) President Trump announced the launch of the Trump Gold Card immigration initiative on December 10, 2025, activating a new web page for Form I-140G, the Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program. Under this initiative, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is to expeditiously adjudicate applicants who donate at least $1 million to the U.S. Department of Commerce as eligible under the existing statutory visa classifications for (i) an "alien of extraordinary ability" or (ii) an alien of exceptional ability whose proposed U.S. employment is in the "national interest." Eligible applicants, or Employers, are required to submit, along with Form I-140G, a $15,000 non-refundable processing and vetting fee (akin to the USCIS filing fee) per applicant included in the form, with an additional notation that additional small fees to the U.S. Department of State may apply depending on the applicant. The I-140G form collects data related to the individual or employer filing on…...

1+ min ago (168+ words) Governors from several of Mexico's states, including Sonora, met in Mexico City for a security meeting to approve the new law. Extortion is a problem in some parts of Mexico. Governors meet to back new security measures Mexican governors, including from Arizona's neighboring state of Sonora, met in Mexico City to back security measures that are part of efforts to address the country's extortion issues. Extortion by groups like cartels remains a persistent problem in some parts of Mexico, even as President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration touts reduced rates of other violent crimes, including homicide, over the past year. Her administration is aiming to crack down on extortionists, who are often linked to organized crime and demand payment from many individuals, businesses and farmers across the country. Mexico approved several anti-extortion measures at the meeting with governors this week. They aim…...

3+ min ago (484+ words) The construction sector in Oman continues to expand and evolve. With international funding inherently tied to new projects, the management of risks and dispute avoidance are key to ensuring a bankable project. This article provides an overview of the key strategies for mitigating risks in these projects, drawing on Oman's longstanding history of alternative dispute resolution. Parties to construction contracts may opt to resolve their disputes via the Omani Courts or through arbitration. Further and most crucially, unlike court decisions, arbitral awards cannot be appealed per se but only set aside (nullified) on narrow procedural grounds as set out in the Oman Arbitration Law (RD 47/97). The net result of this feature is that arbitral awards will, compared to appealable court decisions, generally have a much greater level of certainty and finality. It is a common and longstanding practice in Oman…...

3+ min ago (410+ words) ROCHESTER " After an early morning shooting outside Stewartville High School on Friday, Dec. 12, Kent Pekel, superintendent of nearby Rochester Public Schools, sent an email to RPS staff, parents and caregivers, expressing sympathy for the student injured in the shooting. "Our hearts are with the community of Stewartville and especially those who were directly affected by the tragic violence that took place in our region this morning," Pekel wrote. Pekel also explained why RPS opted not to cancel school on Friday, despite "a number of staff" suggesting that action, per the letter. Pekel said that law enforcement told RPS officials about the incident "before it became public knowledge." "We took immediate steps to ensure that the extensive security protocols that we have in place for all Rochester Public Schools buildings and grounds were fully in place," Pekel wrote. With no ongoing…...

4+ min ago (207+ words) Pennsylvania Enacts CROWN Act On November 25, 2025, Governor Shapiro signed H.B. 439 " also known as the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (CROWN Act) " into law, codifying new definitions of race and religion under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA)." The CROWN Act does not take effect until the end of January 2026, but largely codifies regulations that were enacted by the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission in 2022, although the regulations did not specifically define the word religious creed to include religious-based head coverings and hairstyles. Employers may want to review their policies to ensure that they comply now that the CROWN Act is codified. On November 10, 2025, the Pittsburgh City Council approved an amendment to its anti-discrimination ordinance to prohibit discrimination on the basis of perceived protected characteristics and to prohibit disparate impact discrimination. The amendment was signed into law…...

5+ min ago (208+ words) A California woman changing her infant daughter's diaper in the bathroom of the Macy's Herald Square store in New York City was stabbed and injured by another woman in an unprovoked attack, police said. [Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data] [Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed] [Threat of equine virus looms over major rodeo event in Las Vegas] [A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he's hunted by Beijing " with help from US tech] [Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off] The attack occurred Thursday afternoon at the store in Manhattan. The 38-year-old victim was stabbed in the back and arm and was being treated at a hospital for cuts and lacerations. She was…...

5+ min ago (774+ words) Top Los Angeles Angels executives testified on Friday, Dec. 12 that they knew nothing about Tyler Skaggs" opioid use or that a team communication staffer was providing Skaggs with illicit pills prior to the pitchers" shocking 2019 death, as testimony in the high-profile wrongful death trial against the organization drew to a close. Molly Jolly, the team"s senior vice president of finance and administration, said she was "flabbergasted" to learn of the drug use involving an Angels employee and Skaggs. Jolly said that had she known about the drug use, she would have reported it to Major League Baseball. "We would have taken action," Jolly said. "We would have wanted them to get clean and sober." Jolly noted that the Angels have provided more than a million pages of documents and responded to more than 70 subpoenas of phone records for team…...

6+ min ago (168+ words) The U.S. Treasury Department has announced sweeping sanctions on more than 115 individuals, entities, and vessels connected to Iran. The move focuses on the shipping interests of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of Ali Shamkhani, a senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Officials accuse Shamkhani of using personal connections and corruption in Tehran to generate tens of billions of dollars through oil and goods trading. More in the report. Seizing foreign tanker in Gulf of Oman, Iran alleges it carried 'smuggled oil' State broadcaster did not mention the name of the vessel or cite its nationality Iran has seized a foreign tanker allegedly carrying 6 million liters of "smuggled diesel" in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state media said on Friday. Iran, whose national currency has plunged in value in recent years, has some of the world's lowest fuel prices. It…...

7+ min ago (499+ words) Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is running for governor next year, has long maintained that the state's 2020 and 2024 election results were secure, fair and valid. The post DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data" appeared first on CyberScoop. The Department of Justice is suing Fulton County, Georgia and its election clerk over the county's refusal to hand over voter records, part of a larger nationwide project to collect as much election and voter information as possible from state and local governments ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections. In court documents filed with the Northern District of Georgia, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and Eric Neff, Acting Chief of the division's voting rights section, argued that the court should not "adjudicate the factual foundation for, or the sufficiency of, the Attorney General's "statement" or "the…...